James Longstreet

Ashley Whitman


Date Born:

January 8, 1821
Edgefield District, South Carolina

Date of Death:

January 2, 1904

Highest Rank Held:

Lieutenant General

Other Significant Ranks Held:

American ambassador to Turkey (1880-1881)

Significant Events:

Bull Run
Atietem
Fredricksburg
Chancellorsville

Why should people know about this individual?

He was a Lieutenant General in the US Civil War.


Refrences
http://www.civilwarhome.com/longbio.htm
http://ngeorgia.com/ang/James_Longstreet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Turkey
http://ngeorgia.com/ang/James_Longstreet
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/James_Longstreet.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet
http://www.usa-civil-war.com/Longstreet/longstreet.html